Kirkland & Ellis LLP

07/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/17/2024 11:39

Kirkland Counsels Madison Dearborn Partners on Sale of LinQuest to KBR

Kirkland & Ellis advised Madison Dearborn Partners, a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago, and its portfolio company LinQuest, a leader in National Security space systems and technology solutions for the defense and intelligence communities, on the sale of LinQuest to KBR. KBR, a leading provider of science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world, will acquire LinQuest in an all-cash transaction that is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2024, pending regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

Read the transaction press release

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Adam Clifford and Jon-Micheal Wheat; debt finance partner Maureen Dixon; and tax partners Rachel Cantor and Christine Lehman.

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